Scarecrow



S.H.CHAS5 SCARECROW." APPLICATION FILED AUG. I7 I92I.

Ihientedsept 5 Ezvefzz' Patentes sepa s, lesa l,428,216 Matras; fiar SAMUELH. CHASE, OF`MADISON, WISCONSIN.

scAREoRow.

Application led August v17, 1921. Serial No. 492,879.

To all whom t may concern.' to replant entire-fields of cornV j ust after it Be it knownthat, I, SAMUEL H. CHASE, a has sprouted. Moreover, the crow destroys citizen of the United States, residing at many birds eggs and young birds which, 1035 Woodrow, in the city of Madison, in if they had grown to maturity would be 60 the county of Dane and State of lVisconsin, likely to destroy many more bugs and ine have invented a new and useful Improve sects than the crow; and crows even rob ment in Scarecrows, ofwhich the following nests of young chickens and turkeys 'while is a specification. ,n lthe old is off the nest, and they have been My invention relates to certain new and ,knownv to appear in pairs and also in 65 lo useful improvements in scarecrows and is groupsofsix -or more and worry a setting fully described and enplainedin ythe speciturkey to attempt to iight them off, and cation and shown in the accompanying drawwhile thus engaged with some of thegroup ing, in which: j f y the otherseat the eggs. In fact, while the Figure l is a perspective viewy representcrow deserves credit for the destruction of 70 ing a dummy-crow suspended in position bugs and insectsfharmful to crops, the 'pre- `foruse fromv thebranch of a tree; Figure 2 ponderance of its` dietis decidedly on the is a broken, perspective and enlarged view side of produce which the farmerdesires'to of the dummy (before being blackened); raise., Furthemore, since thec'row often feeds Figure 3 is a perspective view of a hanger,- upgn carrion, by going .from place' to place` 75 detail, and Figure 4 is a broken perspective asis habitual with this bird, beingthus in I view of a wing (before being blackened). an unsanltary condition` it carries to hogs The dummy 5, which I prefer to cut or the much-dreaded disease known as hogstamp out of sheet metal, has the shape of cholera. a Crow and its two a@ Sides are painted All this. is recited by way of emphasizing 80 black as is also the wing 6, as represented the pecullar desirability of keeping crows in Fig. l, to augment the resemblance t0 1n particular away from farms; and that that particular bird. A tongue is provided result 1S best accomplished by a scare-crow t() projt in proper position t0 represent a lesenlblll'lg a dead CIOW OI' the fOllOWiIlg leg 7 and is bent at a right-angle, as shown, to reasons: 85 resemble a foot 8, which is perforated at 8'r1 Any other dummy bird or animal hung in to permit insertion through it of a hanger simulating dead condition in place to afford 9, which may be a wire nail to have its head a scare-crow attracts, lnstead of repelling 9"L afford a stop, and having its pointed end the crow, because of its appetite for carrion; bent into a loop 9b for attaching a wire 10, but a live crow, as experience has proven, 90 cord or the like, by which to suspend the will not venture near a dead crow, seeming device from a limb of a tree, as shown, or to dread it as an ominous sign. Y from some other suitable object. The body 1 My dummy, being shaped and painted is slotted at 1l in position for attaching the black to distinguish it as a crow from other wing 6, which is formed with a hook-like birds, and hanging swayably suspended by 95 4o projection 12 for insertion through the slot one foot from a tree-branch (or maybe to hinge the wing in place. shrubbery, a wire fence, a post, or even ra rIhe dummy thus having the shape of a pole thrust into the ground and which i f dead and mutilated crow, when hanging in a should be inclined at a slight angle to suscorn-ield or other place attractive to crows, tain Vthe weight) and with the hinged wing 100v l presents two fiat surfaces whereby it is renproducing yresemblance to a mutilated crow,

dered visible from any angle to serve asa so accentuates the appearance of a dead scare-crow; and when the dummy swings in crow, particularly whenl swayed and' rothe wind, it turns continually on the swivel tated, as to frighten crows and deterl themy afforded by the hanger 9 and renders the from alighting inv any place where they seel 105 illusion the more complete. ht, as they do from all angles, whether sta- The primary object of my invention is to tionary or vrotating on the suspension-line protect 'grain-fields, and especially cornunder the force of wind when the swinging iields, against crows, the appetite of this wing tends tocontinuously turn the dummy bird being particularly voracious for corn and render the illusion the more complete. 110 just sprouted, and farmers not infrequently I realize that considerablel variation is are obliged, because of the ravages by crows, possible in the details of the construction :1 gag 1,428,216

herein shown, and l do not intend 'to limit myseltl thereto except as vpointed out in the appended claims, in which it is my intention to claim all the novelty inherent in the -de- Vice as broadly as permittedv by the state of the prior art.

I claim:

l. A scare-crow eomprisii'ig a dummy' crow having a hinged wing and provided with means including a 'foot extension by which to swingingly and rotatably suspend it in place for use.

2. A scare-crow Comprising a flat-sided dummy-crow having a perforate foot extension and containing a Slot in position 'for hinging 'a fwing, a hanger in the foot-perforation for connection' therewithof a suspending medium-and"forming a swivel-conneetion with the foot, and a Wing provided with a hook-like extension insertible through said slot to hinge the Wing lin place.

3. ln ya scare-Crow, a fiat-sided igure shaped to resemble a crow, and means carried by said figure adapted y"for connection with supporting means to Swingingly suspend the same in a lhead-downward inert fpositionwhereby to simulate a dead crow.

il. In a scare-crow, a figure shaped to resemble a crow, and .means carried by said figure adapted for Connection With supporting means -to swingngly and rotatably suspend the same in a head-downward inert `position whereby t0 simulate a dead crow.

5. In a scare-crow, a figure shaped to resemble a erowfa foot-extension Carried by said figure adapted for connection With sup* porting means to swinginglyand'rotatably suspend the same in a headndownward inert position whereby to simulate a dead Crow.

6. ln a scare-crow, a ligure shaped to resemblea dead Crow, means Carried by said ligure adapted for connection with supportA ling means to swingingly and rotatably susso connected to said figure 'as to extend downwardly' and outwardly therefrom'.

SAMUEL Hf CHASE. 

